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November 16 2003

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July 30 20082008-07-30A large indoor hall filled with a dense crowd of seated attendees on red plastic chairs, facing toward the front of the room. In the foreground, several women sit together: one in a teal sari with an open notebook, one in a pink sari with hands folded, one in a lavender sari holding a booklet, and one in a gold-orange silk sari. Men in white shirts and white dhotis sit among them, and a man in a white kurta sits at the right edge. Ceiling fans, fluorescent tube lights and arched openings line the pale green walls, and a stage area is visible in the distance behind the audience.2003-11-16A photograph of a large seated audience inside a hall at a Living Enlightenment initiation convention in Kancheepuram. Rows of blue plastic chairs fill the room, and hundreds of people in white shirts and dhotis, saris in pink, green, red and lavender, and salwar kameez sit with eyes closed or hands folded in meditation. Some hold their hands in namaste near the front. A stage with speakers and lighting rigs is visible at the back, and a purple logo graphic appears in the upper right corner. No individual candidate for the swami is clearly identifiable in the crowd.Photograph of a large seated audience inside a hall with yellow walls and ceiling fans, attending a discourse. In the foreground, an older man in a white shirt sits with arms folded beside a man in a blue shirt and glasses, and a woman in a pink sari sits to the right. On the left, a bare-chested man with a white dhoti and tilaka marks sits near a girl in a red checked top. Rows of people in saris and shirts fill the background.A large outdoor evening satsang audience seated on the ground and in red plastic chairs under a striped tent canopy. Rows of men in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris in mixed colours including orange, purple, blue and maroon, and a few children fill the frame. Several women wear gold necklaces and bangles. No speaker or dais is visible in the frame, so no a person candidate is present.2005-12-11July 07 20022002-07-07 +1 copiesNovember 24 20062006-11-24A large audience seated in rows of white chairs in an indoor hall, listening attentively to a talk. Many attendees wear white shirts and kurtas, and women wear saris in red, maroon, green, blue and orange. Several people wear eyeglasses, and one elderly woman in the front left holds a walking cane. The crowd fills the room from front to back, with a few people standing near the back wall. The scene is a densely packed seated gathering, with no visible stage, deity, or figure presenting clearly in frame.2007-01-29A photograph of a large evening gathering of devotees seated on white plastic chairs, with many men in white shirts and some in colourful clothes, and women in saris including a red-and-white sari, a blue patterned sari and a white sari. In the centre foreground a man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands with his hands clasped at his waist. Beside him a woman in a white sari holds her hands together in a namaskar-like pose. A bald older man with a vertical tilak in white clothes sits in the lower foreground with eyes closed. Several people in the crowd appear to be in meditation, and a potted plant stands at the right edge.2003-03-14Article - November 26 20062006-11-26November 24 20062006-11-24October 28 - 1 November 2004 - Mass Living Enlightenment Initiations in Tiruvannamalai